You may transfer your shares or gift them to someone, without selling them. Quicken provides you the flexibility to remove the transferred/gifted shares from your security transaction without affecting the cash balance.
To remove shares:
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In the sidebar, select the investment account you want to use.
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Click the Transactions tab and then click the New Transaction icon in the register toolbar.
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From the Type field, select Remove Shares.
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Provide other details as below:Date - Enter the date when the shares are removed.Security - Select the security for which the shares are removed.Shares Removed - Enter the number of shares removed.Memo - Enter the note you want to associate with the transaction.Tags - Enter the tags that you want to use while searching the transaction.
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To add an attachment, go to the Attachments tab, click the Add attachment button, and select the file you want to attach to the transaction.
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Click Save when you are done.